Ali Haider Zaidi
{{Short description|Pakistani politician, federal minister}}
{{other people||Ali Zaidi (disambiguation){{!}}Ali Zaidi}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ali Haider Zaidi
| image = Ali Haider Zaidi - 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| office = Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs
| term_start = 11 September 2018
| term_end = 10 April 2022
| president = Arif Alvi
| primeminister = Imran Khan
| predecessor = Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo
| office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
| term_start1 = 13 August 2018
| term_end1 = 17 January 2023
| constituency1 = NA-244 (Karachi East-III)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|9|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
| successor = Faisal Subzwari
| office2 = President of PTI Sindh
| term_start2 = 25 December 2021
| 1blankname2 = Chairman
| 1namedata2 = Imran Khan
| term_end2 = 27 May 2023
| party = IPP (2023-present)
| otherparty = PTI (2002–2023)
| predecessor2 = Haleem Adil Sheikh
| successor2 = Haleem Adil Sheikh
}}
Syed Ali Haider Zaidi ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|علی حیدر زیدی}}}}) (born 11 September 1952) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs from 11 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He also served as the President of PTI's Sindh chapter
He remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to January 2023.{{Cite web|last=APP|date=2019-11-24|title=Ali Zaidi to address 31st session of IMO Assembly as a guest Speaker|url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/547286|access-date=2020-06-28|website=Brecorder|language=en}}
Political career
In 2002, Zaidi joined PTI
He ran for the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PTI from Constituency PS-116 (Karachi-XXVIII) in the 2002 general elections, but was unsuccessful. He received 2,941 votes and lost the seat to Nasrullah Khan, a candidate of the MMA.{{cite web |title=2002 election result - Sindh |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Election%202002/Sind.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=8 September 2018 |archive-date=13 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413164733/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Election%202002/Sind.pdf |url-status=dead }}
He ran for the seat of the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of PTI from Constituency NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and from Constituency NA-208 (Jacobabad) in the 2013 general elections{{cite news |title=Party politics: PTI's new local leader upsets old members {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/815893/party-politics-ptis-new-local-leader-upsets-old-members/ |accessdate=8 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=1 January 2015}} but was unsuccessful. He received 49,622 votes from NA-252 (Karachi-XIV) and lost to Abdul Rashid Godil). He received 7,589 votes from NA-208 (Jacobabad) and lost the seat to Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani.{{cite web |title=2013 election result |url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |publisher=ECP |accessdate=8 September 2018 |archive-date=1 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf |url-status=dead }}
On 25 December 2014, he was appointed as president of PTI's Karachi chapter.{{cite news |title=Cracks emerge in PTI Karachi ‹ The Friday Times |url=http://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/cracks-emerge-in-pti-karachi/ |accessdate=8 September 2018 |work=The Friday Times |date=2 January 2015}} In December 2015, he announced that he would resign as president of PTI's Karachi chapter in the aftermath of party's poor performance in local government elections.{{cite news |title=PTI's Ali Zaidi tenders resignation from party position {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1005487/ptis-arif-alvi-ali-zaidi-tender-resignations-from-party-positions/ |accessdate=8 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=7 December 2015}}
He was elected to the National Assembly from the Constituency NA-244 (Karachi East-III) as a candidate of PTI in 2018 general elections.{{cite news |title=Ali Haider Zaidi of PTI wins NA-244 election |url=https://www.app.com.pk/ali-haider-zaidi-of-pti-wins-na-244-election/ |accessdate=8 September 2018 |work=Associated Press Of Pakistan |date=26 July 2018 |archive-date=22 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033539/http://www.app.com.pk/ali-haider-zaidi-of-pti-wins-na-244-election/ |url-status=dead }}
On 11 September 2018, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan{{cite news |title=PM Imran's cabinet expanded by six {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1800269/1-pm-imrans-cabinet-expanded-six/ |accessdate=11 September 2018 |work=The Express Tribune |date=11 September 2018}} and was appointed as Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs.{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=State ministers for revenue, frontier regions notified |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1432615 |accessdate=13 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=13 September 2018}}{{cite news |title=Govt announces portfolios of new ministers |url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/09/12/govt-announces-portfolios-of-new-ministers/ |accessdate=13 September 2018 |work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk |date=13 September 2018}}
Ali Zaidi was appointed as PTI's Sindh Chapter president by Imran Khan on 25 December 2021.{{cite web | url=https://mmnews.tv/ali-zaidi-appointed-as-pti-sindh-president/ | title=Ali Zaidi appointed as PTI Sindh President | date=25 December 2021 }}
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